I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54

Robert Graves

Vintage Books, 1989 - Fiction - 468 pages

Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus lived from 10 B.C. to 54 A.D. Despised as a weakling and dismissed as an idiot because of his physical infirmities, Claudius survived the intrigues and poisonings that marked the reigns of Agustus, Tiberius, and the mad Caligula to become Emperor of Rome in 41 A.D. I, CLAUDIUS, the first part of Robert Graves two-part account of the life of Tiberius Claudius, is written in the form of Claudius's autobiography and stands as one of the modern classics of historical fiction.

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Contents

• Section 1: 3
• Section 2: 14
• Section 3: 31

About the author

Robert Graves (1895-1985) was a poet, novelist, and critic. His first volume of poems, Over the Brazier (1916), reflects his experiences in the trenches, and was followed by many works of poetry, nonfiction, and fiction. He is best known for his novel, I, Claudius (1934), which won the Hawthornden and James Tait Black Memorial prizes, and for his influential The White Goddess (1948).

Bibliographic information

• Title: I, Claudius: From the Autobiography of Tiberius Claudius, Born 10 B.C., Murdered and Deified A.D. 54; Avon Red Gold Library; Vintage International
• Author: Robert Graves
• Edition: reprint, reissue
• Publisher: Vintage Books, 1989
• ISBN: 067972477X, 9780679724773
• Length: 468 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Classics; Fiction / Historical / General; Fiction / Literary